31 Aug 1911
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1911
Page
1
Board of Supervisors considers a long sought road and bridge from the town to Squaw Creek. The college demands control over roadway use and final arbiter power while trustees and supervisors seek shared costs and public access. Talks stress reasonable settlement to avoid halting progress.
Diagonal Bliss First Corning Bliss Second dominates a prize event with Pronk ON and others. Winners include M. Hilton of Malvern and Jonah Hillman of Wert Liberty, sharing two $325 and $106 scholarship awards and a $26 prize amid a small, well received competition.
Three districts in Grant Township near Ames join to form a consolidated system using four existing schoolhouses this winter. Thomas Birney will transport students. Mills District No. 1 handles primary grades with Grace Powell in charge. Lew McLaughlin is principal at Northwest District No. 6 for grades 7, 8, and 9. Red Nagie District No. 2 houses intermediate grades 4 and up with Kathryn Meaughlin as teacher.
A 50th wedding anniversary was marked with a large gathering at the Taylor home next door. Guests included old friends and relatives who helped celebrate, with a dining room decorated and gifts exchanged including a named umbrella and a sum of 172.54 reported in the event totals.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Todt and Abert with unclear roles. No clear event, dates, or locations readable. Records indicate a brief item, but key details are not legible.
Dr. S W Phelps has been invited to preach at Ames Church on Sunday. The event aims to draw parishioners for a morning service and sermon.
August 4 1861 marks the 50th wedding anniversary of Kaiser and Kilsem in New Sharon Iowa. Their family includes eight children and descendants across Ames Marshalltown Cambridge and Woodbine. A large gathering with friends from Salem Minn and beyond celebrated as veterans and immigrants are hailed for long years of work and service.
Local miner Mr. E W Rammer brings specimens from Battle Mountain Idaho including several large nuggets and dust. The report notes frost and rain affecting ground, progress in threshing sections, and varied yields for winter wheat spring wheat oats and other grains. A new house built by C B Fowler is mentioned amid the farming notices and damper in the harvest season.
Workers during a recent ground breaking on Frat Avenue discovered gas mains must be lowered. The gas company reported men at Olive Pub were to adjust lines, delaying paving operations and requiring temporary measures before continuing later.
Workers at Ames Laundry installed a new forte horse power boiler this week causing overtime as they work to recover time lost. The project faced delays while positioning the tower and smoke hindered progress but no major damage occurred.
Fire alarms sounded early Friday as the Lockwood elevator faced a small blaze sparked by spontaneous combustion in Lie Cou houses. The fire was quickly extinguished. A second alarm Sunday morning found a fire in a shed owned by J. A. Campbell with little damage.
A buyer purchased a tract of fifteen acres west of Eastwood College through an agency. The deal amount cited is five thousand five hundred dollars. The records mention Mr and Mrs Crate and a local investor group in connection with the transaction.
Chiangy Mills Nas sold his farm on the Nevada road east of Ames to JC Mather for 154 per acre. Mills has purchased in northern Indiana where the tamils will have semmetine this winter. The Mills family came to Story County many years ago and now sells the farm at a big increase.
The Gil bert Grain Dealers notice a rescheduled picnic date from September 8 to September. Officials request attendees adjust plans and await final details about location and time.
Waitleys relocate to Ames occupying the large Thirteenth Street residence between Lincoln and Grand. Mr Waitley travels for the Savage line of goods and has three children who will seek work in Ames schools.
Vine House has been moved to the new high school site and will be set out as fast as possible. Work on the high school groundwork is to begin this fall as the education board aims to lay a solid foundation.
Mise tila ENia left Saturday for Sioux City where she will become a student at the National Business Training School. Miss Ellis will live with her brother and wife Mr and Mrs Will Ellis.
Thirteen trans arrived in Des Moines yesterday forenoon via the Ames branch indicating Northwestern service to the fair. The event touched the Northwestern line as trains carried attendees toward the fairground.
Mna A C Ringgenberg and two sons Calvin and Carl will study in Boston for the winter. Calvin seeks advanced organ study at the New England Conservatory while Carl attends high school. Mrs Ringgenberg will establish a temporary Ames home as the family lives in furnished rooms.
A quiet ceremony united Tallman of Jcccb and Miss Mawjuea of Rolana at Hubbard last Thursday with an unexpected guest. Frank, Tallman's nephew, has worked in the Wes office and attended the event. A record of $5 is noted.
This week the OK Shop replaced old chairs with new white chairs and introduced a mudelp pattern, creating a more modern interior. The shop now ranks as one of the finest equipped ton rorini pariors in central town, aiming for strict adherence to a dated schedule.
Prof C C Major is assigned by Mitchell Bowling Company to perform special testing work for the firm this summer in Racine Wisconsin. He will return this winter after completing duties.
Prof. John Eo Brindleys af Kish mend Vireinis attends four meetings of the International Tax association. Prof. Britdley, secretary of the Iowa tax commission, delivers an address at the meeting on Tax Legislation and related topics.
Geo Cowdry brought to the office Friday a basket of apples described as the finest ever seen from an Iowa orchard. The fruit was praised as exceptionally large and sweet by officials examining the display.
Des Moines area readers learn that the Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern interurban will connect Boone Ames Rockwell City Port Dodge and surrounding points to the Rock Island depot in Des Moines. The line will avoid Des Moines city tracks and electrification from Ankeny to the Rock Island depot is planned. Completion expected in November with negotiations closed by Parley Sheldon and Homer Loring receivers.
Miss Winifred Gettemy yesterday assumed charge of the Domestic Art department at the college. She is a graduate of the Chicago Art Institute. The department will be expanded this year with more emphasis and broader work compared with previous years.
Reading shows a garbled OCR item about slow elevators and streetcars in a city likely mentioning Wagner era scenes and a parade. The readable portions reference a trip, a streetcar, and a likely public transit delay.
The report states a patient underwent an operation on Tuesday for appendicitis at a local hospital. The procedure was successful and the patient is now receiving post operative care.
Ames will be represented at the Gotch Hack wrestling line event in Chi CAO West on Monday by at least a dozen representatives. Reported at least six followers have already purchased their tickets.
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